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Charlotte Hornets center Dwight Howard has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture toward a fan during Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Howard made the gesture during a stoppage in play late

Roy Halladay, an eight-time All-Star pitcher who retired from baseball in 2013, has died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. He was 40 years old. Halladay was an eight-time All-Star in his

San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White has a fractured right wrist and is out indefinitely. The Spurs said Monday that White was hurt on Saturday during a game for the Austin Spurs against the Texas Legends. A

On Monday, Major League Baseball and the Baseball Writers Association of American (BBWAA) announced the finalists for the 2017 Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and Most Valuable Player awards in the American

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins shook off a tough game, aided by a number of key starters missing, and in one of their biggest wins in awhile he led the Redskins to a stunning upset over the

The Cleveland Cavaliers announced center Tristan Thompson will miss three to four weeks after suffering a left calf strain. He suffered the injury during Cleveland’s 124-107 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night after leaving the

Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in practice, and is expected to miss the remainder of the season. A MRI exam confirmed the initial diagnosis for Watson, a strong

The Houston Astros are World Series champions for the first time in their 56-year history as an MLB franchise. The Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Wednesday night in Game 7 of the 2017 Fall

Boston Celtics small forward Gordon Hayward suffered a horrifying injury on the opening night of the NBA season, and now he’s sharing details of the incident. Hayward, who inked a lucrative four-year, $128-million U.S. deal with the

The Olympic flame arrived in South Korea on Wednesday to begin its journey towards the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. South Korean sports minister Do Jong-hwan and 2010 Vancouver Games figure skating champion Kim Yuna carried the flame in